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A suit of plate armour made of mithril.[1a]
Mithril armour is not in itself magical, but the wondrous silver metal is so tough that it cannot be worked except by magical means. It is also very light and armour made from it weighs only 20% of what would normally be expected of a similar suit made from steel.[1a]
High Elf armies wear magnificent mithril armors that shine bright in their enemies' eyes.[2a]
Trivia[]
Warhammer, being a fictional universe heavily inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien in its early years, "borrowed" the word "mithril" from his novels. In Middle-earth, mithril is a very resistant metal created and used by the Dwarves.
As Warhammer grew more streamlined and developed its own unique lore further, mithril never appeared again, presumably due to copyright reasons, and was replaced instead by the metals ithilmar and gromril.